Buckle.



PATENTED NOV. 22, 1904.

A. STEINER.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED Jun 23, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

$02 a Home a u mm I wi bvwooea UNITED STATES Patented November 22, 1904.

ANTON STEINER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,688, dated November 22, 1904.

Application filed June 23, 190d.

To all whom it may concerm:

Be it known that I, ANTON STEINER, a citizenof the Empire. of Austria-Hungary, residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles for Trousers-Straps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in buckles, and more especially in buckles for the straps of garmentssuch as trousers, vests, &c.-to be used in place of the ordinary buckles with pointed tongues, by which a more convenient and better hold is obtained regardless of the thickness of the goods; and the invention consists of a buckle which comprises a main piece consisting of side bars curved upwardly and backwardly at one end and provided with a lower end bar, an intermediate plate, and an upper bar, and a sheet-metal locking-lever pivoted in recesses near theends of said upper bar and provided with a cam portion having a serrated edge coacting with the intermediate plate for clamping a strap passed between said intermediate bar and said cam, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved buckle for trouser and other straps, showing the same in use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the looking-lever. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the intermediate plate, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the main piece with the intermediate plate removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

As shown in the drawings, my improved buckle consists of two parts, a base or main piece A and a locking-lever B. The main piece A is preferably made of one piece of strong Wire, as shown in Fig. 5, and the two side bars a a are bent upwardly and backwardly, being connected at their upper and lower portions by transverse bars Z) Z), respectively, the joint between the ends of the wire piece being preferably formed at the Serial No. 218,762. (No model.)

'4, so as to firmly clasp the side bars a, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The connection between the intermediate plate and the side bars may be strengthened by means of solder, if desired. The upperand lower bars and the intermediate plate 6 impart the required strength to the main piece, so as to resist the strain to which it is subjected. Immediately adjacent to the transverse upper bar 6 the side bars of the main piece are downwardly bent, so as to form small recesses 92., as shown in Fig. 5. The intermediate plate 6 serves-as a base or counterpiece for the serrated cam-piece h of the locking-lever B, which latter is made of sheet metal integral with the cam-piece h, the serrated cam-piece extending at an angle of inclination from the sheet metal lever, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The ends of the locking-lever B are provided with pivots p, which fit closely into the recess 01. in the side bars, so that the locking-lever B can swing over the bar 6 or backward of the same when the serrated cam is to hold the opposite strap of the trouser or other garment. One of the straps is passed through between the intermediate plate and the bar 5, so as to lap over the end or the opposite strap and then be locked in position by the downward motion of the serrated cam under the influence of the locking-lever. The serrated cam coacts then with the intermediate plate 5 to engage the strap and clamp it firmly in position on the bar 6, so as to grip the strap and hold it the firmer the greater the tension exerted on the same. When it is desired to release the strap, the lever and cam are lifted, so that the teeth are gradually released from the strap for permitting the adjustment and reclamping of the same on bringing down the lever and cam.

The main piece A has a certain amount of resiliency, so as to permit the effective clamping of straps of fabrics of different thick ness. As the main piece of the buckle is formed from one piece of heavy wire and as the locking-lever is readily made by means of dies, a buckle is provided which can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost and which is superior to the ordinary buckle now in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A buckle for garment-straps, comprising a main piece consisting of side bars curved upwardly and backwardly at one end and provided with a lower end bar, an intermediate plate, and an upper bar, each of said side bars having a recess therein adjacent to said upper bar, and a locking-lever having pivots engaging said recesses and provided with clamping rrieans for cooperating with said intermediate p ate.

2. A buckle for garment-straps, comprising side bars curved upwardly and backwardly at one end and connected by upper and lower ANTON STEINER.

Vitnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

